So, I ordered a new 2009 iMac, 3GHz, with the new ATI 4850. Now, I, along with everyone else who ordered one, had to wait 6-8 weeks for it to get shipped. While Apple never said anything officially, I wrote, in previous posts, that I suspected the wait was for them to get new ATI drivers in the kernel of OSX to support that new card. So, we had to wait for the public release of OSX 10.5.7. So, last Friday when I got an email from Apple saying that had shipped my new iMac, I just assumed that OSX 10.5.7 was out the door. But, when I received my new iMac that was the first thing I checked and it still says 10.5.6. However....
However, I have been noticing some differences between my new iMac and my old one sitting right next to it. For example, the preference pane is different between the two. On my new iMac the power pane is all in one instead of two separate tabs like it is on my old one. Plus, the obvious, that my new ATI card is running fine (and really really FAST). I guess the only way to tell for sure is to wait for 10.5.7 to come out and see if I get hit with the expected 400+MB download (10.5.6->10.5.7 upgrade) or if it comes across as something very small, like a simple string change.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Do I secretly have OSX 10.5.7?
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Well, strangest abounds(TM). Turns out each of my Macs (macbook, macbook pro, iMac 20" and iMac 24") all have different build numbers of OSX 10.5.6. So, perhaps that is why the preference planes are different. I have not found much else different between then so far.
ReplyDeleteI also have not been plagued by any of the crashes being reported from owners of the ATI 4850 equipped iMacs. So far, so good.